Pupa

Posted on March 26, 2018 by John Biscello

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Seven years later,
the pupa stage of marriage–
Who the hell are you?

 

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

 

 

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Benign

Posted on March 26, 2018 by John Biscello

watercolor

Alighted, to course
sweetly toward benign silence–
To mend, flowers kiss.

 

(Watercolor by Henry Miller)

 

 

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Sheep

Posted on March 26, 2018 by John Biscello
unraveling-sheep
Wild sheep chase, ending
in void’s double exposure–
who’s following whom?

 

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)
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Train

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello
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I understand, you
let the wrong one in again–
doors close, doors open.

 

(Artwork by Nigel Van Wieck)
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Swallow

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello
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Night swallowing its
own tale of snake swallowing
its own tail of night.

 

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)
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Sylvia, Triptych

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello
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Perhaps, Miss Sylvia,
if there had been more sand on your beach,
more sea to wash away
the dead skin of pallid thoughts,
more moonstruck nights
rattling close to your fingers
as you typed out the country of your heart,
as you set bones to align,
perhaps different lives
would have been exported
into a marvelous thrash of light,
how one, split, tumbles blindly
toward margins unknown.

 

 

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Wonder

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello
spring-day-jump-rope
Each spring they return,
bound to renew small wonders–
Innocent by turns.

 

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

 

 

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Blue

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello
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That year, in Paris,
distant blue was all the rage–
the clown’s mood thickened.

 

(Painting by Edward Hopper)
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Ice Cream

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello
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Like ice cream, this dream
of life, wintering its soul–
How lovely the melt!

 

(Artwork by Hiroshige)
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Happenstance

Posted on March 25, 2018 by John Biscello

sheep

You mean to tell me
that God is Bo Peep
and her sheep are not sheep at all
but rather dream-spiders
spinning intricate patterns
and noodle-strand mandalas
to freestyle a movable feast
in some obscure forest
known by some as the Forest of Foxes Secret Weddings
and by others as
Joe the No-Name Forest
I mean
is that what you’re telling me?

 

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

 

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